
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Frank Borzage based upon a play by Zoë Akins, with adaptation by Kenneth B. Clarke. The film brought together Vitagraph leading lady Alice Joyce and English actor Percy Marmont after his success with If Winter Comes. This is the only film either of the main stars made for MGM. The film was remade in 1931 as Women Love Once. A print survives in the Národní filmový archiv.
Plot
Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby in Harlem. Struggling to make ends meet, he foregoes his artistic calling and draws for magazines.
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More details
author | Kenneth B. Clarke |
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director | Frank Borzage |
genre | drama |
keywords | fifth avenue harlem meet new york city struggle |
producer | Louis B. Mayer |
publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |